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Magnolia \Mag*no"li*a\, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol, professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th century.] (Bot.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. Note: {Magnolia grandiflora} has coriaceous shining leaves and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay ({M. glauca})is a small tree found sparingly as far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are {M. Umbrella}, {M. macrophylla}, {M. Fraseri}, {M. acuminata}, and {M. cordata}. {M. conspicua} and {M. purpurea} are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. {M. Campbellii}, of India, has rose-colored or crimson flowers. {Magnolia warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful North American wood warbler ({Dendroica maculosa}). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash. | |
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used in medicine, as {Hirudo medicinalis} of Europe, and allied species. Note: In the mouth of bloodsucking leeches are three convergent, serrated jaws, moved by strong muscles. By the motion of these jaws a stellate incision is made in the skin, through which the leech sucks blood till it is gorged, and then drops off. The stomach has large pouches on each side to hold the blood. The common large bloodsucking leech of America ({Macrobdella decora}) is dark olive above, and red below, with black spots. Many kinds of leeches are parasitic on fishes; others feed upon worms and mollusks, and have no jaws for drawing blood. See {Bdelloidea}. {Hirudinea}, and {Clepsine}. 3. (Surg.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum. {Horse leech}, a less powerful European leech ({H[91]mopis vorax}), commonly attacking the membrane that lines the inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at pools where it lives. | |
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Macrobiotic \Mac`ro*bi*ot"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] long-lived; [?] long + [?] life: cf. F. macrobiotique.] Long-lived. -- Dunglison. | |
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Macrobiotics \Mac`ro*bi*ot"ics\, n. (Physiol.) The art of prolonging life. | |
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Macrofarad \Mac"ro*far`ad\, n. [Macro- + farad.] (Elec.) See {Megafarad}. [R.] | |
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Macropetalous \Mac`ro*pet"al*ous\, a. [Macro- + petal.] (Bot.) Having long or large petals. | |
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Macrophyllous \Ma*croph"yl*lous\, a. [Macro- + Gr. [?] a leaf.] (Bot.) Having long or large leaves. | |
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Macropinacoid \Mac`ro*pin"a*coid\, n. [Macro- + pinacoid.] (Crystallog.) One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes. | |
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Macropod \Mac"ro*pod\, n. [Macro- + -pod.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also {spider crab}. | |
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Macropodal \Ma*crop"o*dal\, a. Having long or large feet, or a long stem. | |
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Macropodian \Mac`ro*po"di*an\, n. A macropod. | |
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Macropodous \Ma*crop"o*dous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having long legs or feet. | |
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Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
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Macroprism \Mac"ro*prism\, n. [Macro- + prism.] (Crystallog.) A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids. | |
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Macropterous \Ma*crop"ter*ous\, a. [See {Macropteres}.] (Zo[94]l.) Having long wings. | |
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Filander \Fil"an*der\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A species of kangaroo ({Macropus Brunii}), inhabiting New Guinea. | |
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Kangaroo \Kan"ga*roo"\, n. [Said to be the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family {Macropodid[91]}. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo ({Macropus major}) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus {Dendrolagus}, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus {Petrogale}, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus {Halmaturus}, inhabit wooded districts. See {Wallaby}. | |
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Macropyramid \Mac`ro*pyr"a*mid\, n. [Macro- + pyramid.] (Crystallog.) See {Macroprism}. | |
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Maigre \Mai"gre\, a. [F. See {Meager}.] Belonging to a fast day or fast; as, a maigre day. --Walpole. {Maigre food} (R. C. Ch.), food allowed to be eaten on fast days. | |
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Major \Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. {Master}, {Mayor}, {Magnitude}, {More}, a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. {Major axis} (Geom.), the greater axis. See {Focus}, n., 2. {Major key} (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. {Major offense} (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. {Major premise} (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. {Major scale} (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See {Scale}, and {Diatonic}. {Major second} (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. {Major sixth} (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. {Major term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. {Major third} (Mus.), a third of two steps. | |
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Major \Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. {Master}, {Mayor}, {Magnitude}, {More}, a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. {Major axis} (Geom.), the greater axis. See {Focus}, n., 2. {Major key} (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. {Major offense} (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. {Major premise} (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. {Major scale} (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See {Scale}, and {Diatonic}. {Major second} (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. {Major sixth} (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. {Major term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. {Major third} (Mus.), a third of two steps. | |
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Measurable \Meas"ur*a*ble\, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis. See {Measure}, and cf. {Mensurable}.] 1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation. 2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive. Of his diet measurable was he. --Chaucer. -- {Meas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Meas"ur*a*bly}, adv. Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians. --Latimer. | |
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Measurable \Meas"ur*a*ble\, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis. See {Measure}, and cf. {Mensurable}.] 1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation. 2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive. Of his diet measurable was he. --Chaucer. -- {Meas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Meas"ur*a*bly}, adv. Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians. --Latimer. | |
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Measurable \Meas"ur*a*ble\, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis. See {Measure}, and cf. {Mensurable}.] 1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation. 2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive. Of his diet measurable was he. --Chaucer. -- {Meas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Meas"ur*a*bly}, adv. Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians. --Latimer. | |
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Microbarograph \Mi`cro*bar"o*graph\, n. [Micro- + barograph.] An instrument for recording minor fluctuations of atmospheric pressure, as opposed to general barometric surges. | |
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Microbe \Mi"crobe\, d8Microbion \[d8]Mi*cro"bi*on\, n. [NL. microbion, fr. Gr. [?] little + [?] life.] (Biol.) A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera. | |
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Microbian \Mi*cro"bi*an\, a. (Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, the microbian theory; a microbian disease. | |
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Microbic \Mi*crob"ic\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a microbe. | |
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Microbicide \Mi*crob"i*cide\, n. [Microbe + L. caedere to kill.] (Biol.) Any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life of microbes or bacterial organisms. | |
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Microbiology \Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [See {Microbe}; {-logy}.] The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. -- {Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al}, a. -- {Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist}, n. | |
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Microbiology \Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [See {Microbe}; {-logy}.] The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. -- {Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al}, a. -- {Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist}, n. | |
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Microbiology \Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [See {Microbe}; {-logy}.] The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. -- {Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al}, a. -- {Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist}, n. | |
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Microfarad \Mi`cro*far"ad\, n. [Micro- + farad.] (Elec.) The millionth part of a farad. | |
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Microform \Mi"cro*form\, n. [Micro- + form, n.] (Biol.) A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organism microscopic size. | |
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Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta, LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E. stout.] 1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm. Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. --Landor. 2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to {Himantopus} and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also {longshanks}, {stiltbird}, {stilt plover}, and {lawyer}. Note: The American species ({Himantopus Mexicanus}) is well known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({H. candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and interscapulars, which are greenish black. The white-headed stilt ({H. leucocephalus}) and the banded stilt ({Cladorhynchus pectoralis}) are found in Australia. {Stilt plover} (Zo[94]l.), the stilt. {Stilt sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), an American sandpiper ({Micropalama himantopus}) having long legs. The bill is somewhat expanded at the tip. | |
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Micropantograph \Mi`cro*pan"to*graph\, n. [Micro- + pantograph.] A kind of pantograph which produces copies microscopically minute. | |
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Microparasite \Mi`cro*par"a*site\, n. A parasitic micro[94]rganism. -- {Mi`cro*par`a*sit"ic}, a. | |
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Microparasite \Mi`cro*par"a*site\, n. A parasitic micro[94]rganism. -- {Mi`cro*par`a*sit"ic}, a. | |
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Micropegmatite \Mi`cro*peg"ma*tite\, n. [Micro- + pegmatite.] (Min.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite). -- {Mi`cro*peg`ma*tit"ic}, a. | |
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Micropegmatite \Mi`cro*peg"ma*tite\, n. [Micro- + pegmatite.] (Min.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite). -- {Mi`cro*peg`ma*tit"ic}, a. | |
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Microphone \Mi"cro*phone\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] sound, voice: cf. F. microphone.] (Physics) An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic vibrations. | |
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Microphonic \Mi`cro*phon"ic\, a. Of or pert. to a microphone; serving to intensify weak sounds. | |
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Microphonics \Mi`cro*phon"ics\, n. [See {Microphone}.] The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone. | |
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Microphonous \Mi*croph"o*nous\, a. Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds; microcoustic. | |
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Microphotograph \Mi`cro*pho"to*graph\, n. [Micro- + photograph.] 1. A microscopically small photograph of a picture, writing, printed page, etc. 2. An enlarged representation of a microscopic object, produced by throwing upon a sensitive plate the magnified image of an object formed by a microscope or other suitable combination of lenses. Note: A picture of this kind is preferably called a photomicrograph. | |
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Microphotography \Mi`cro*pho*tog"ra*phy\, n. The art of making microphotographs. | |
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Microphthalmia \Mi`croph*thal"mi*a\, Microphthalmy \Mi`croph*thal"my\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] eye.] An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect development. | |
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Microphthalmia \Mi`croph*thal"mi*a\, Microphthalmy \Mi`croph*thal"my\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] eye.] An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect development. | |
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Microphyllous \Mi*croph"yl*lous\, a. [Micro- + Gr. [?] leaf.] (Bot.) Small-leaved. | |
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Microphytal \Mi*croph"y*tal\, a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, microphytes. | |
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Microphyte \Mi"cro*phyte\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] a plant: cf. F. microphyte.] (Bot.) A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular alg[91], such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be. | |
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Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n. 1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small American fish ({Micropogon undulatus}), of the Atlantic coast. (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus grunniens}); -- called also {drum}. (c) The surf fish of California. Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence the name, which is often corrupted into crocus. | |
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Micropyle \Mi"cro*pyle\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] gate, orifice: cf. F. micropyle.] (Biol.) (a) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa permitted. (b) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule. -- {Mi*crop"y*lar}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Micropyle \Mi"cro*pyle\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] gate, orifice: cf. F. micropyle.] (Biol.) (a) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa permitted. (b) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule. -- {Mi*crop"y*lar}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Microvolt \Mi`cro*volt"\, n. [Micro- + volt.] (Elec.) A measure of electro-motive force; the millionth part of one volt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Microweber \Mi`cro*we"ber\, n. [Micro- + weber.] (Elec.) The millionth part of one weber. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Miserable \Mis"er*a*ble\, a. [F. mis[82]rable, L. miserabilis, fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See {Miser}.] 1. Very unhappy; wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man? --Dryden. 2. Causing unhappiness or misery. What 's more miserable than discontent? --Shak. 3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Miserable comforters are ye all. --Job xvi. 2. 4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] --Hooker. Syn: Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Miserable \Mis"er*a*ble\, n. A miserable person. [Obs.] --Sterne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Miserableness \Mis"er*a*ble*ness\, n. The state or quality of being miserable. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Miserably \Mis"er*a*bly\, adv. In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly. They were miserably entertained. --Sir P. Sidney. The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. --South. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misgraff \Mis*graff"\, v. t. To misgraft. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misgraft \Mis*graft"\, v. t. To graft wrongly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misreform \Mis`re*form"\, v. t. To reform wrongly or imperfectly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misrepeat \Mis`re*peat"\, v. t. To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of. --Gov. Winthrop. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misreport \Mis`re*port"\, v. t. & i. To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. --Locke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misreport \Mis`re*port"\, n. An erroneous report; a false or incorrect account given. --Denham. South. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misrepresent \Mis*rep`re*sent"\, v. t. To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misrepresent \Mis*rep`re*sent"\, v. i. To make an incorrect or untrue representation. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misrepresentation \Mis*rep`re*sen*ta"tion\, n. Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. --Sydney Smith. Note: In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional untruth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misrepresentative \Mis*rep`re*sent"a*tive\, a. Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misrepresenter \Mis*rep`re*sent"er\, n. One who misrepresents. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misrepute \Mis`re*pute"\, v. t. To have in wrong estimation; to repute or estimate erroneously. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misserve \Mis*serve"\, v. t. & i. To serve unfaithfully. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mozarab \Moz"a*rab\, Mozarabic \Moz`a*rab"ic\ Same as {Muzarab}, {Muzarabic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muzarab \Muz"a*rab\, n. [Sp. mozarabe, fr. Ar. mosta'rib, a name applied to strange tribes living among the Arabs.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also {Mozarab}, {Mostarab}.] --Brande & C. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mozarab \Moz"a*rab\, Mozarabic \Moz`a*rab"ic\ Same as {Muzarab}, {Muzarabic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muzarabic \Muz`a*rab"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy. [Written also {Mozarabic}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muscariform \Mus*car"i*form\, a. [L. muscarium fly brush + -form.] Having the form of a brush. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moschatel \Mos"cha*tel`\, n. [Gr. [?] musk: cf. F. moscatelline. See {Muscadel}, {Musk}.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Adoxa} ({A. moschatellina}), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also {hollow root} and {musk crowfoot}. --Loudon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muzarab \Muz"a*rab\, n. [Sp. mozarabe, fr. Ar. mosta'rib, a name applied to strange tribes living among the Arabs.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also {Mozarab}, {Mostarab}.] --Brande & C. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muzarabic \Muz`a*rab"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy. [Written also {Mozarabic}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myograph \My"o*graph\, n. [Myo- + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining and recording the different phases, as the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myographic \My`o*graph"ic\, Myographical \My`o*graph"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to myography. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myographic \My`o*graph"ic\, Myographical \My`o*graph"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to myography. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myography \My*og"ra*phy\, n. [Cf. F. myographie.] The description of muscles, including the study of muscular contraction by the aid of registering apparatus, as by some form of myograph; myology. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mc Guire Afb, NJ Zip code(s): 08641 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McGuire AFB, NJ (CDP, FIPS 42390) Location: 40.04127 N, 74.58437 W Population (1990): 7580 (1829 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McRoberts, KY (CDP, FIPS 49278) Location: 37.21180 N, 82.66797 W Population (1990): 1101 (430 housing units) Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Meservey, IA (city, FIPS 51420) Location: 42.91507 N, 93.47319 W Population (1990): 292 (141 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50457 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Missouri Valley, IA (city, FIPS 52860) Location: 41.55892 N, 95.89514 W Population (1990): 2888 (1232 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51555 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mucarabones, PR (comunidad, FIPS 55355) Location: 18.39273 N, 66.21652 W Population (1990): 1670 (497 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
microfloppies n. 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch {vanilla} or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See {stiffy}, {minifloppies}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
microfortnight n. 1/1000000 of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realizes that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and {nanofortnight} have also been reported. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microfloppies 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch {vanilla} or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See {stiffy}, {minifloppies}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microfortnight One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and {nanofortnight} have also been reported. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Micro$oft {Hate Mirco$oft (http://www.oeh.uni-linz.ac.at:8001/~chris/HATE/hate.html)}. (1995-03-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microphone convert sound into an electrical signal. A microphone converts an acoustic waveform consisting of alternating high and low air pressure travelling through the air into a voltage. To do this it uses some kind of pressure or movement sensor. The simplest kind of microphone is actually very similar in construction to a {loudspeaker}. The analogue electrical signal can be fed into a computer's {sound card} where it is amplified and {sampled} to convert it into a {digital} waveform for storage or transmission. (2002-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microPLANNER A subset of {PLANNER}, implemented in {Lisp} by {Gerald Sussman} et al at {MIT}. Its important features were goal-oriented, pattern-directed procedure invocation, an embedded knowledge base, and automatic {backtracking}. microPLANNER was superseded by {Conniver}. ["microPLANNER Reference Manual", G.J. Sussman et al, AI Memo 203, MIT AI Lab, 1970]. (1995-01-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microprocesor (1997-02-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microprocessor contained on one (or a small number of) {integrated circuits}. The important characteristics of a microprocessor are the widths of its internal and external {address bus} and {data bus} (and instruction), its {clock rate} and its {instruction set}. Processors are also often classified as either {RISC} or {CISC}. The first commercial microprocessor was the {Intel 4004} which appeared in 1971. This was the CPU member of a set of four {LSI} {integrated circuits} called the MCS-4, which was originally designed for use in a calculator but was marketed as "programmable controller for logic replacement". The 4004 is referred to as a 4-bit microprocessor since it processed only 4 bits of data at a time. This very short word size is due mainly to the limitations imposed by the maximum integrated circuit density then achievable. As integrated circuit densities increased with the rapid development of integrated circuit manufacturing technology, the power and performance of the microprocessors also increased. This is reflected in the increase in the CPU word size to 4, 8, 16, and by mid-1980s, 32 bits. The smaller microprocessors have relatively simple {instruction sets}, e.g., no {floating point} instructions, but they are nevertheless suitable as controllers for a very wide range of applications such as car engines and microwave ovens. The {Intel 4004} was followed with, among others the {4040}, {8008}, {8080}, {8086}, {80186}, {80286}, {80386}, {486} and {Pentium}. Other families include the {Motorola} {6800} and {680x0} families, {National Semiconductor} {NS16000} and {NS32000}, {SPARC}, {ARM}, {MIPS}, {Zilog Z8000}, {PowerPC} and the {Inmos} {Transputer} family. The larger, more recent microprocessors families have gradually acquired most of the features of large computers. As the microprocessor industry has matured, several families of microprocessors have evolved into de facto industrial standards with multiple manufacturers and numerous "support" chips including {RAM}, {ROM}, {I/O controllers} etc. A single chip microprocessor may include other components such as memory ({RAM}, {ROM}, {PROM}), {memory management}, {caches}, {floating-point unit}, input/output ports and timers. Such devices are also known as {microcontrollers}. The one-chip microcomputer is in many respects, a landmark development in computer technology because it reduces the computer to a small, inexpensive, and easily replaceable design component. Microcomputers have given rise to a new class of general-purpose machines called {personal computer}s. These are small low cost computers that are designed to sit on an ordinary office desk or to be portable and fuelled the computer boom of the late 1980s. The most widespread example is the also {IBM PC}, based on microprocessors from {Intel Corporation}. {Apple Computers, Inc.} have also produced a range of personal computers, as have several other companies. See also {killer micro}, {minicomputer}, {CPU Info Center}. (2002-07-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages to simplify processor design by eliminating hardware {interlock}s between the five {pipeline} stages. This means that only single execution cycle instructions can access the thirty two 32-bit general {register}s, so that the {compiler} can schedule them to avoid conflicts. This also means that LOAD/STORE and branch instructions have a one-cycle delay to account for. However, because of the importance of multiply and divide instructions, a special HI/LO pair of multiply/divide registers exist which do have hardware interlocks, since these take several cycles to execute and complicate {instruction scheduling}. The project eventually lead to the commercial {MIPS R2000} processor. (1995-02-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microprogramming {microcode} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microwave Hardware Description Language by David Barton[?] from {Intermetrics} incorporating {Haskell} 1.2. Not to be confused with other {MHDL}s. (2000-11-14) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Misrephoth-maim burning of waters, supposed to be salt-pans, or lime-kilns, or glass-factories, a place to which Joshua pursued a party of Canaanites after the defeat of Jabin (Josh. 11:8). It is identified with the ruin Musheirifeh, at the promontory of en-Nakhurah, some 11 miles north of Acre. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Misrephoth-maim, hot waters |